Desmond M. Clarke (17 January 1942 – 4 September 2016) was an Irish author and professor of philosophy at University College Cork (UCC).
Clarke was born in Dublin and earned his leaving certificate from Synge Street CBS.
[3] Clarke was the founder and a general editor of Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy.
76 volumes have been published with new translations of non-English texts from ancient Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, French, Italian and German.
Clark died on 4 September 2016 at Our Lady's Hospice in the Harold's Cross suburb of Dublin.